[Assam] Fwd: Guwahati: RSS chief's ridiculous comments?

Mon Dec 11 17:32:07 PST 2006

lets see if this goes now.
  Also: If RSS chief is really interested in uniting Hindus he should go to Kamakhya temple etc and order priests to enrol  Dalits as interns (to become future temple priests there ) with RSS paying their expenses. Same with Shankaracharyas in various other temples.

  I wonder how a religion can have imperialist designs - only humans can.

umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com> wrote:
  Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2006 22:34:26 +0000 (GMT)
From: umesh sharma <jaipurschool at yahoo.com>
Subject: Guwahati: RSS chief's ridiculous comments?
To: assam at assamnet.org

Guwahati, Monday, December 11, 2006  
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  Thwart fundamentalist activities in NE, says RSS chief
By A Staff Reporter
 GUWAHATI, Dec 10  RSS chief KS Sudarshan today called upon the people of the North-east to unite against imperialistic designs of the Christian church as also the Muslim fundamentalists who had set their eyes on the region to further their plans for dominance of their religions. Both the Christian church and the Muslim fundamentalists are engaged in an aggressive pursuit of their evil designs of imperialism across the world, and the Northeast happens to be an important area of their focus due to its strategic location, Sudarshan said while addressing a Prabuddha Nagarik Sanmilan (Enlightened Citizens Meet) at the District Library auditorium. 

Terming the unabated infiltration from Bangladesh, increasing activities of the church aimed at spreading Christianity, and the growing consumerism among the people as the major problems faced by the country, Sudarshan said that only a united front from the people could defeat such evil forces.

DN Bezboruah, former editor of The Sentinel, in his speech, said that infiltration from Bangladesh was the result of inaction on the part the elected representatives of the State since 1962. We cannot blame others for the problem created by us, because our own leaders consistently deceived the people on the Bangladeshi issue for their narrow vote bank politics that is determined by the illegal foreign settlers, he said. 

Terming India as the only country where the majority is rendered second class citizens due to the unabashed minority-appeasement policy of the governments, Bezboruah said that even hard facts and data about the status of the Muslim minority (i.e. their abnormal increase in population) were sought to be brushed under the carpet for upholding the so-called secularism. Only yesterday even the Prime Minister spoke about minorities having the first rights over the countrys resources, he said, adding that the state of affairs in Asom  where the Bangladeshis are the first class citizens  best sums up the situation.

Stating that the prevailing situation did not hint at a healthy democracy in the country, Bezboruah said that the time had come for all the Hindus to unite, discarding their differences on grounds of caste. Nowhere in the world can one witness such blatant appeasement of the minorities to the extent that the majority is in grave danger of losing their identity. The only way out of this morass is a united stand by the Hindus, he said. 

DN Chakravorty, editor of Dainik Asam, was of the view that the openness of the Hindu religion was being taken advantage of by outsiders, putting in jeopardy in the process the very existence of the indigenous population. The need of the hour is to have unity, uplift and understanding among the Hindus, he said. 

Chakravorty also advocated a policy for separate electorate for the Urdu- and Bangla-speaking Muslims on the basis of the 1947 population status who would be electing their own representatives. 

Chakravorty also lambasted the ULFA for their pro-Bangladeshi stand and termed its leaders as traitors. Ridiculing the outfits call for boycott of the forthcoming National Games in Asom and its demand to name the event as Asom Games, he said that there should be a limit to ones absurdity. The ULFA is agreeable to funds for the Games coming from the Centre but at the same time demanding a change of name to Asom, which is simply ludicrous, he said. 

Former State Chief Secretary JP Rajkhowa stressed the need for stern opposition to the move of some minority organisations to bring in a clone of the IM (DT) that would be applicable to the entire country following the Supreme Courts repeal of the IM (DT) and the Foreigners (Tribunal) Order. All political partiers and organizations of the State should evolve a common stand to thwart this sinister design, he said.

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Umesh Sharma
5121 Lackawanna ST
College Park, 
(Washington D.C. Metro Region)
MD 20740 

1-202-215-4328 [Cell Phone]

Ed.M. - International Education Policy
Harvard Graduate School of Education,
Harvard University,
Class of 2005

weblog: http://jaipurschool.bihu.in/
website: www.gse.harvard.edu/iep

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